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The Full Council of Murcia has approved institutional manifesto of International Women's Day, which is celebrated on March 8.
The document has been endorsed with votes in favor of PP and UPYD, and abstentions of PSOE and IU.
The manifesto is as follows:
International Women's Day: March 8, 2015
The European Union has designated 2015 as the European Year of Development and fixed main objective stocktaking of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the agenda Post - 2015.
Specifically, MDG 3 sets a target to "promote gender equality and empower women".
This fact is further compounded, the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995, promoted by UN Women.
The United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day on 8 March 1975, International Women's Year.
Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace, Member States can celebrate any day of the year following their historical and national tradition .
Since then, the International Women's Day has acquired a global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike.
The growing international women's movement, strengthened by four global United Nations conference on women, has helped its commemoration offers the opportunity to increase support for the rights and participation of women in political and economic spheres.
In 2015, the International Women's Day, which falls on March 8 worldwide, will highlight the Declaration and Platform for Action, a piece of historic Route 189 governments signed 20 years ago and established the agenda for the realization of the rights of women.
While there have been many achievements since then, the gaps still persist are numerous and profound.
This is the time to defend the gains of women, recognizing challenges and direct more attention to women's rights and gender equality to encourage everyone to do their respective shares.
The Beijing Platform for Action focuses on 12 critical areas of concern and imagine a world in which all women and girls to exercise their options, such as participating in politics, educated, earn an income and live in free societies of violence and discrimination.
For this, the theme of International Women's Day this year is the one firm called the Campaign Beijing + 20 UN Women: "Empowering Women Empowering Humanity: Imagine!"
Also, from the city of Murcia, commemorating the fight for real and effective equality of women, commemorate a historic day, not only for women but for all mankind, as this date means recognizing that equality is , plus a fundamental right, an act of justice and is necessary for the development of peoples.
Equal benefits to women and men and is the basis for development and peace.
Also, as every year, we launched a new campaign to raise awareness, participation and public awareness to commemorate the March 8 under the theme 'HEADS YOUR LIFE, THE POWER IS IN IT'.
It is a focused visible the role of women in culture, art, sports, education, business ... Further emphasizing the important role that develops the associations of women in the municipality of Murcia as a source of campaign training, welfare and empowerment of women Murcia.
And as a platform for action to continue working for equality and empowerment of women.
Equality is achieved by institutions and decisions of public authorities, through laws that promote and foster the development of women and equal opportunities, but also conquest from every woman and every man, developing the potential and capabilities allowing leave the domain and each other, not dominating or being dominated by another leaving.
Therefore, we commit (or declare):
- Further progress in the development of activities to promote and strengthen equal opportunities and decision-making and rights of women.
-Breaking Gender stereotypes that relegate women to a secondary role in society.
-to Eradicate gender violence.
-Provide Attention to girls more vulnerable.
-Reivindicar Economic rights of women.
The International Women's Day has become a time of reflection on progress, a call to change, and a celebration of acts of courage and determination taken by ordinary women who have had an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and their communities.
It is therefore an act of glorification to women, transmitting positive messages of equality, respect, affection, cooperation and shared responsibility between the sexes.
Therefore, women of the world, it is time to start LEAD OUR LIVES.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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